Nigeria

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Key facts

  • currency: Nigerian naira
  • capital city: Abuja
  • region: Western Africa
  • continent: Africa
  • land area: 910,770 km²
  • population: 227,882,945 people
  • political leader: Muhammadu Buhari (President)
Classified as: place

Location on a map: [10°0′N, 8°0′E]

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Summary

Nigeria is a country. The capital city is Abuja, located in the Western Africa region of Africa. It has a land area of 910,770 km², a population of 227,882,945 people and uses the currency Nigerian naira. The President is Muhammadu Buhari.

Environment

Nigeria is one of the countries in Africa, countries in Western Africa and 194 countries in our database.
  • Agricultural land: 686,440.00 km²
  • Alternative and nuclear energy: 0.27 % of total energy use
  • Carbon dioxide emissions (co2): 122.75 Mt of CO2 equivalent
  • Access to electricity: 60.50 % of population
  • Electricity production from coal sources: 0.00 % of total
  • Electricity production from natural gas sources: 81.80 % of total
  • Electricity production from hydroelectric sources: 18.20 % of total
  • Electricity production from nuclear sources: 0.00 % of total
  • Electricity production from oil sources: 0.00 % of total
  • Electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric: 0.00 % of total
  • Net energy imports: -93.03 % of energy use
  • Fertility rate: 5.14 births per woman
  • Forest area: 213,003 km²
  • Fossil fuel energy consumption: 18.88 % of total
  • Greenhouse gas emissions (co2, ch4, n2o, hfcs, pfcs, sf6): 407.66 Mt of CO2 equivalent
  • Median age: 13.80
  • Methane emissions: 237.85 Mt of CO2 equivalent
  • Nitrous oxide emissions: 34.13 Mt of CO2 equivalent
  • Female population: 112,676,013 people
  • Male population: 115,206,932 people
  • Renewable energy consumption: 80.30 % of total final energy consumption
  • Rural land area: 882,024.66 km²
  • Rural population: 104,181,246 people
  • Urban land area: 25,189.87 km²
  • Urban population: 123,701,699 people
  • Urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters : 2.72 % of total population

Geographical distribution of cities in Nigeria by population

Cities in Nigeria

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Evolution of historical forest area in Nigeria

Distribution of sites in Nigeria by inscription year

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Evolution of historical fossil fuel energy consumption in Nigeria

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Evolution of historical other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 in Nigeria

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Relationship between other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 and urban land area in Nigeria

Relationship between other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 and urban population in Nigeria

Evolution of historical land area in Nigeria

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Evolution of historical methane emissions in Nigeria

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Geographical distribution of sites in Nigeria by area

Evolution of historical nitrous oxide emissions in Nigeria

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Relationship between urban population and nitrous oxide emissions in Nigeria

Evolution of historical population in Nigeria

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Evolution of historical female population in Nigeria

Evolution of historical male population in Nigeria

Evolution of historical renewable energy consumption in Nigeria

Evolution of historical rural land area in Nigeria

Evolution of historical rural population in Nigeria

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Evolution of historical urban land area in Nigeria

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Evolution of historical urban population in Nigeria

Evolution of historical urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters in Nigeria

Relationship between population and date in Nigeria

Relationship between carbon dioxide emissions and other greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) in Nigeria

Evolution of historical agricultural land in Nigeria

Relationship between agricultural land and methane emissions in Nigeria

Relationship between agricultural land and nitrous oxide emissions in Nigeria

Evolution of historical alternative and nuclear energy in Nigeria

Evolution of historical carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) in Nigeria

Relationship between carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) and GDP in Nigeria

Relationship between carbon dioxide and methane emissions in Nigeria

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Relationship between carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) and urban land area in Nigeria

Relationship between carbon dioxide emissions and urban population in Nigeria

Evolution of historical access to electricity in Nigeria

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Sites in Nigeria

Relationship between access to electricity and vulnerable employment in Nigeria

Evolution of historical electricity production from coal sources in Nigeria

Evolution of historical electricity production from natural gas sources in Nigeria

Evolution of historical electricity production from hydroelectric sources in Nigeria

Evolution of historical electricity production from nuclear sources in Nigeria

Evolution of historical electricity production from oil sources in Nigeria

Evolution of historical electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric, in Nigeria

Evolution of historical net energy imports in Nigeria

Evolution of historical fertility rate in Nigeria

Relationship between fertility rate and life expectancy at birth in Nigeria

Proportion of transboundary sites in Nigeria

Geographical distribution of wildfires in Nigeria by mean width

Wildfires in Nigeria

Relationship between mean length and mean width of wildfires in Nigeria

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Politics

  • Armed forces personnel: 223,000 people
  • Democracy score: 4.44
  • Democracy type: Hybrid regime
  • Internally displaced persons, by conflict and violence: 3,340,000 people
  • Individuals using the internet: 35.46 % of population
  • Military expenditure: 0.64 % of GDP
  • Net migration: -57,936 people
  • Press freedom: 2.14
  • Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments: 3.91 %

Evolution of historical armed forces personnel in Nigeria

Relationship between armed forces personnel and other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 in Nigeria

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Relationship between urban population and armed forces personnel in Nigeria

Evolution of historical internally displaced persons, by conflict and violence in Nigeria

Evolution of historical individuals using the Internet in Nigeria

Evolution of historical military expenditure in Nigeria

Evolution of historical net migration in Nigeria

Evolution of the historical proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments in Nigeria

Political parties in Nigeria

Distribution of politicians from Nigeria by birth year

Proportion of politicians per gender in Nigeria

Politicians from Nigeria

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Health

  • Birth rate: 36.61 per 1,000 people
  • Death rate: 12.43 per 1,000 people
  • Health expenditure per capita: 83.84 current US$
  • Health expenditure: 4.08 % of GDP
  • Hospital beds: 0.50 per 1,000 people
  • Life expectancy at birth: 54
  • Suicide mortality rate: 3.50 per 100,000 population

Evolution of historical birth rate in Nigeria

Relationship between birth rate and access to electricity in Nigeria

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Evolution of historical death rate in Nigeria

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Evolution of historical health expenditure per capita in Nigeria

Evolution of historical health expenditure in Nigeria

Evolution of historical incidence of HIV in Nigeria

Evolution of historical hospital beds in Nigeria

Evolution of historical life expectancy at birth in Nigeria

Relationship between life expectancy and the proportion of self-employed workers in Nigeria

Relationship between life expectancy and vulnerable employment in Nigeria

Evolution of historical suicide mortality rate in Nigeria

Diseases in Nigeria

Distribution of diseases by first founded year in Nigeria

Proportion of diseases in Nigeria by mortality rate

Distribution of diseases in Nigeria by start date

Evolution of historical cases in Nigeria

Evolution of historical deaths in Nigeria

Relationship between cases and deaths in Nigeria

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Business

  • Gdp: 363,846,332,834.62 current US$
  • Inflation: 24.66 annual %
  • Self-employed workers: 85.85 % of total employment
  • Unemployment: 3.07 % of total labor force
  • Vulnerable employment: 84.37 % of total employment

Shops in Nigeria

Proportion of CEOs per gender in Nigeria

Companies from Nigeria

Proportion of employee types in companies from Nigeria

Distribution of companies founded in Nigeria by year

Proportion of revenue types by company in Nigeria

Evolution of historical central government debt in Nigeria

Evolution of historical expense in Nigeria

Evolution of historical GDP in Nigeria

Relationship between GDP and other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 in Nigeria

Evolution of historical inflation in Nigeria

Evolution of historical proportion of self-employed workers in Nigeria

Relationship between self-employment and vulnerable employment in Nigeria

Evolution of historical tax revenue in Nigeria

Evolution of historical unemployment in Nigeria

Evolution of historical vulnerable employment in Nigeria

Exchanges in Nigeria

Proportion of shops per country in Nigeria

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Sports

Distribution of athletes from Nigeria by birth year

Proportion of athletes per gender in Nigeria

Athletes from Nigeria

Proportion of competitions per city in Nigeria

Competitions in Nigeria

Proportion of competitions per country in Nigeria

Distribution of competitions in Nigeria by start date

Proportion of medals won by Nigeria in the Olympics

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Culture

Artists from Nigeria

Distribution of artists from Nigeria by birth year

Proportion of artists per gender in Nigeria

Geographical distribution of museums in Nigeria by visitors

Museums in Nigeria

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Research

Geographical distribution of universities in Nigeria by total students

Distribution of universities in Nigeria per foundation year

Universities in Nigeria

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In literature

There are 1,063 books written about Nigeria in the database

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Details

This dashboard is based on data from: SIPRI, World Bank, Reporters Without Borders

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